Antifriction bearing



J. GILLESPE, Ul GLl'lTTLMD,

Application filed September To all w hom it may concern i Be it known li., ALEXANDER J., GILMES- rn, a citizen of the 'United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Antifrictien Bearings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to bearings of the so-called radial type, and while capable of use with various forms of rolling 'elements is more particularly adapted for a bearing in which the rolling elements are of spherical form, that is, balls. The improve-ment, while preferably taking the form of a radial bearing, is in'ended for use in those installations in which the bearing is required to sustain a considerable amount of thrust load, etherin connection with or independently of radial load.

ln the preferred form of my invention a very' deep groove or race track is provided for the rolling elements, one of the race rings being made in two separable parts preferably dividing on a plane intersecting the central radial plane of: the rings or on a plane which cuts the bottom of the 'rooi/e. An object of the invention is to so rashion these ring parts that there is present a certain amount of resiliency or yieldability in,

the metal immediately supporting the race track or immediately supporting the portion of the groove upon Which the ball tracks, so that this may yield insident to overload and bring other portions to such a position that the ball contacts with the track throughout a greater area. In a ball bearing the yieldability of the race track supporting portitons of the ring under radial load decreases the clearance between the ball and the sides of the groove and when the bearing is subjected to overload the ball has an extended area of race contact, the ball at such times functioning as a roller. A fur ther object of this yieldability is to move the line upon which the balls track, or the center line of such track, up the side of the groove away from the bottom, so that the' line running from point contact with one race to point contact with the other race -assumes a greater angle to the radial line than is present in the ordinary deep groove ball bearing. r

In the drawings accompanying this specification one practicable embodimeit of my invention as applied to a hall bearing is illustrated., ln which drawings- Figure l is an anial section of 'form my improved bearing, and

2 is enlarged view, germ-:what diagrammatical, of the parts shown in te lower portion of Figure i, this view al adding a broken away portion of the shat upon which the inner ring is inounted, the hearing in this view being assumed to be under a Combined radial and ru-st load.

lt is obvious that both rings or either of these may be made according to my inven tion. ln the present illustration, however, the ring to which my iniprovement is particularly directed is shown as the inner ring. Experience has demonstrated that the inner ring is the weak member of the annular bearing of existing types.

Une of the rings of the hall bearing erein illustrated is shown made up of two portions 6, which are respectively furnished with grooves forming the race track for the rolling elements 7, such elements in 'the present illustration being represented as balls, and the Sections 5 and 8 as relating to the inner ring of the bearing. ln the present illu stration these Sections 5, 6 are similar and interchangeable. The inner sides of the halves or parts of 'this two part ring abut one another, and their meeting edges are located in a plane which practically embraces the center line of the groov-e.. These ring parts are chambered out adjacent the meeting edges opposite 'the bottom of the ball track or groove so that such track is formed upon yieldable or resilient portions thereof, and when the solid or normal portions 8 of such rings are mounted on a supporting member, as for instance the shaft 9, theseparts act as cantilevers, and under load yield toward the support. The amount of yielding increases as the load becomes greater and should prefer'ably reach its maximum at the maximum of overload.

The two parts 5 and 6 of the ring are connected with a uniting member or sleeve 10, which is located in the chamber. This ring is of sufiicient proportions that it securely engages the rin parts and holds these to-` gether, and is of such thickness that it does" not engage with the surface of the part upon which the surfaces 8 and 8 are mounted,

but is sufficiently free thereof to permit the CO i desired, yieidability of the cantilever ends of these ring parts. The sleeve or connector 10 is primarily to hold the parts together as a self-contained handling unit and. lS so seated in the chamber that it does not impede the yielding of the cantilever ends. ln assembling the bearing the ring 11, which cooperates with the two part ring, in the present instance the outer ring, receives in its race groove the complement of balls, 'the ccnnector 10 is forced into one of the parts of the two part ring, and then the two parts 5 and 6 are presented to the balls from opposite sides and assembled by forcing these parts upon the connecting sleeve 10. This Connecting sleeve is then 'in a position where it is securely housed and hidden when the bearing is in. position for use.

in the Figure 2 position the bearing is assumed to be under a 'considerable amount of amal or thrust loadnvhereas, in Figure 1 the bearing is assumed to be supporting a pure radial load. l i hen the bearing is supporting radial load unaccompanied by any considerable axiai or thrust load both the cantilever portions yield in a substantially uniform, manner, and by such yielding the cross sectional area. of 'the race groove is lessened to auch an extent that the amount of clearance between the ball and the sides of the race groove is lessened, with the etect that such sides engage the sides of the ball more and more as the load increases'. Preferably, under conditions of overload, in which of course is included shock loads, to which any particular bearing is liable to he subjected the maximum. of this surface engagement is reached at the height of the overload. The side engagement of the ball momentarily, that is, 'assuming the overload y to be momentary, functions as a roller bearing rather than as a ball bearing. The expressions normal load and overload are, of course, relative terms. ln many installations the metal directly supporting the rolling elements while free to yield under load, as a matterof fact yields imperceptibly at normal load and to a greater extent at overload. As an illustration of the manner in which my improved bearing rings function differently from the bearing rings heretofore in use, reference is nade to the lower portion of Figure 1, wherein the anglo a represents the increased arc of contact of the balls With the yielded races, and the angle represents the lesser rarc of contact of the same ball under the same conditions with the ordinary type of ring.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention shown in the drawings is illustrative, and that changes may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A roller bearing comprising a two part neee ring formed with a race groove at the meeting edges and the ring parts being chamhered out opposite the race 'groove whereby the metal directly supporting the rolling elements is free to yield when under load.

2. A roller bearing as called for in claim 1 there being a sleeve located in the said chamber and uniting the parts into a selfcontained handling unit:

3. roller bearing comprising a two part ring' formed with a race groove at the meeting edges the parts being chambered out opposite the race groove, and a sleeve located in said chamber and uniting theparts into a self-contained handling unit.

An. anti-friction bearing embodying a row of rolling elements and a race ring conprising a pair of cantilever structures having their free ends abutting one another 'there being a track 'for said rolling elements formed upon such free ends.

An anti-friction bearing embodying a row of balls or rollers and a race ring comprising a pair of cantilever structures having their free ends abutting one another, and formed with a race groove having its centre line in the plane of the said abutting free endsa 6. A bearing as called for in claim 4:, having the sides of the cantilevers opposite the race groove chambered out for the purpose or" increasing the resiliency of the rings at and adjacent the grooves.

7. A bearin as called for in claim having the surtace of the rings opposite that provided with the race groove formed at the outer sides with support engaging extensions and at the inner side being chambered out to be clear of such support.

8. An anti-friction bearing embodying a row of balls or rollers and a race ring comprising a pair of cantilever structures having their free ends abutting one another and formedwith a race groove, said structures being substantially similar and interchangeable, the surface of the rings opposite that provided with a race track being formed at the outer sides with support engaging extensions, and at the inner sides being chambered out, and a sleeve in such 'chamber engaging the walls thereof for holding the parts together, the sleeve being of suitable proportions to clear the surface of the support.

9. An anti-friction roller hearing comprising inner and outer rings each having a race groove, one of these rings being formed in two parts having their meeting faces disposed radially of the bearing, such parts being chambered out adjacent the meeting faces and opposite the race groove and a sleeve located in the said chamber and connecting the parts.

10. A hearing as called for in claim 9, wherein the face or" the sie-eve is located in- Waediy of the face of the adjacent porticns of the ringe 11. A IFOHGF bearing Ir ing compcsea of two halves or Sections having a race groei/e, the ring" sectiena ratiiaiiy of the groewe being resiiient, anti iateraiiy of the geee-Ve being rigied 12, A roller bearing compi'ising a two part ring formed With a race groove at the meeting edges and each of such parts having a circunferentiai rabhet in the said meeting edges, and a sieeve oa'- connecting member of iese thiciness than the depth of the rabbet seat/ed therein and uniting the parts into a self-contained handling unit.

13. An anti-fi'iction hearing comprising a ring formed. in two parts and provided with a race growe having its centre in the plane of the junction of said pants, the rings opposite the race growe being chambereci out, and a ccnnecting sieeve located in such chai'nbei and. ecnnecting the said two parte as a aeif-centained handiing' unit, the exposed surface of said; sieev'e When in position lying beyond the outer surface of the ringe wherehy the member upon Which the ring ie mounted may directly engage the surface of both such ring' pants and he free of contact With the eieeve.

14. In a haii hearing, the eemhination With a pair of ringe each pi cvided With a deep groote ei: t'a/ee track, of' a set of balls located thenein, ene of the rings being made in two separate parte dividing* on a plane cutting the bottom ci? the greate, auch. ring parte being so fashioneci that they a ceir tain amount O f reaiiiency yieicahiity in the portions innneiateiy g upper' g the race track Oi? immediateiy aanneming the pe-ttion e t the gmeve upon which the haiie track Whereby this may yieici insident to o-nerioaci for bringing other pentiens to euch a pesitien that the baii ccntacte With the track throughout a gTf-FflE-.

15. Iin a hall hearing, the conihinaticn with a pair of ringe each pmvide With a deep groo ve OE race track, of a. .set of hatta iocated therein, one of the being made in two separate pante dividing en a plane cutting the botte in of the groewe, such ring parts being se fashionei that they psess a certain amount of' resiiiency or' y' Tability in the portions immediately suppi'aee track on immediately snppemng the pertion of the gi'eeve upon Which the balls 'track, Wheneh this may yiei insident te everioad therehy moving the inie upon Which t e balls track up the side ei? the gecve a ay from the hett/em so that the iine inn ning from point contact With ene nice te paint contact With the other race anines a greater angie te the nadiai line of the heen ing than is; piesent in the ondinary deep gmove baii bearing.,

Iin testimony Whereof, I signatu re hGE''i'O J. GILLESPJEE.

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